our colleagues at radio france internationale have managed to hamza by phone for his side of the story. >> assia has not seen her mother in six months. last year she left with her , who plans to join the fight against a side in syria. her mother accuses him of kidnapping. >> i took my daughter with me. that is completely different. in our religion, there is a command called hijra, an obligation for all the slums to not live in a non-muslim country. her mother refused to follow it. assia's mother is fighting in the courts but she has heard nothing since january. she says her ex-husband told her that he would rather her daughter die in syria then returned to france. the questions i have to live with every day are what is she drinking, what is she eating? i am living in constant anxiety. >> i would never say that my daughter -- that i would rather my daughter die in syria. i have never said that. >> hamza would only say they are near the turkish border. his ex-wife intends to fight on along with the other parents of french children taken to war-torn syria. >> you are watching "france 24."

. >> 19-year-old french internationallally started playing at age six after moving to paris from pakistan. they held trials, and france'smain hope for promotion in the cricket league. he believes it doesn't take south asian roots to become a lead cricketer. >> when i arrived from my country i was very small and i didn't know how to play. now i'm french and i learned it in france. it's just a question of desire. >> cricket's french revolution is already being televised with french commentary to 8.5 million homes in france. >> the sport has a good image, and they don't make fun of me. >> a hard sell to the french, perhaps, but for cricket it could be an opportunity not to be missed. paul reese, al jazeera paris. >> record held by michael jordan the 25-point park for 40 consecutive games against the houston rockets, it's the longest scoring streak in a half century. while james harden scored 39 for houston. >> he cost the new york yankees $170 million in the offseason, and he made his major league bay do you. with a finish of eight strike outs and two earned runs. the yankees won this game 7-3. >>> car drive something all